Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 56807

Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES

56807 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:

01-Jul-2018

Description Start Date:

01-May-2006

Schedule Fee Start Date:

01-Nov-2004

Group

I2 - Computed Tomography

Subgroup

8 - Chest, abdomen, pelvis and neck

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - scan of chest, abdomen and pelvis with or without scans of soft tissues of neck with intravenous contrast medium and with any scans of chest, abdomen and pelvis with or without scans of soft tissue of neck prior to intravenous contrast injection, when undertaken, not including a study performed to exclude coronary artery calcification or image the coronary arteries (R) (K) (Anaes.)

Associated Notes

Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES

IN.0.19

Bulk Billing Incentive

To provide an incentive to bulk-bill, for out of hospital services that are bulk billed the schedule fee is reduced by 5% and rebates paid at 100% of this revised fee (except for item 61369, and all items in Group I5 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging). For items in Group I5 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the bulk billing incentive for out of hospital services is 100% of the Schedule Fee listed in the table.